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New Music: Malajube: "Cristobal" / "la Contrôleuse" (Daytrotter Session) [MP3]

Daytrotter put together another great SXSW session, this time starring Montreal's Malajube. The set was recorded at Big Orange Studio in Austin, and the band recorded three tracks-- two of which are unreleased instrumentals.

"Cristobal", the group's first instrumental, skips over, backs up for a sprint. The piano trills and long pauses make it easy to picture this soundtracking one of those old silent films where a girl gets tied to train tracks, the camera going to the train, then the girl, then the hero: the whining guitar, the piano, the galloping drums are full of melodrama.

MP3: > Malajube: "Cristobal"

"la Contrôleuse" is good, but not as strong as "Cristobal". This four-minute prog lullaby ambles until minute two, when a video game melody (the vaguely classical guitar line marks it) begins. Maybe it's because I'm carb-loading. Or maybe it's the heat, but I was sleepy before it even got there. I guess that's what lullabies are for.

MP3: > Malajube: "la Contrôleuse"

Posted by Jessica Suarez on Wed: 04-25-07: 04:40 PM CDT | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink
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